Automobile-hotel



L. L. MOE.

AUTOMOBILE HQTEL: APPLICATlON FILED APR. 9.1920

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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L; L. MOE.

AUTOMOBILE HOTEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.9,1920.

1,3953969, Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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llfi li fififi Specification of'iletters Patent. E ai gn hgd 3; 3 5,21

. Application file-i fip'ril 9, 1920. Serial No. $2,596. I

To all whom it may come/2i: at 15 in Fig, 2, may be reserved foroiiices,

L. More, s at the Be it known that I, Leomms citizen of theUnitedStates, residing city and county of Denver, and is usefulimprovements in Automobile-Hotels; and I do declare the following to hea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the ert to which it appertains to make and usetheseme, reference being had-to the accompsnyiug drawings, and to thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

The ob ect or this invention is'to provide place, and at the same timefree the curb for hose who intend to perk their ears for only it fewminutes.

Briefly, invention comprises a building which may heroumled at itscorners and. which has inclined driveways at opposite sides. are for thepurpose of going up, and on the opposite side for the purpose of comingdown. Stalls or rooms are provided between these inclined driveways, andmain drive- Ways ere also provided along, the level floor for thepassage of cars from one inclined drive to enother. Between certain ofthe rows of stalls, driveways are provided which are limited to the useof those using the stalls opening thereon. Elevators are also providedfor the carryoi passengers to and from their respective floors.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of one of the doors with itsstalls and drives.

Fi 2 is a cross section on line 2-Q of Fig. 1; and

3 1s a. longitudinal vertical section indicated by line 3---3 of l-Thcbuilding is providec e uses-l, with Walls lO'end floors 12. C ne crldof the building is provided on the first door with a door or series ofdoors 14-, for entrance and exit. If desired, the lower ii'oor,represented tithe of (.oloredo, have invented certain new and.

the right side the inclined drivesrilling stations, repair shops booths.k

The floors-are connected on the right side by i clined driveways 16, forthe useor" incoming Cars. On the left side, inclined and supplydriveways 18 are provided for the use of out 'oing' cars coming from theupper fio'ors. /Ve is 20, with suitable pillars 120, may be provided onthe inside of the drives 16 and 18, and along these walls 20 a pluralityof stalls or rooms 22 are arranged. These are separated by drives 2% onthe floors 12 from a second series of stalls 26, provided on their endsopposite the drives 24 with wells 28.

The spaces 24 are reserved for the use of the cars usiug theadjacentstells' 22.: and 26. Running along the outer side of the rightWell 28 is a main drive 30, leeding from the front of the building tothe resr so that cars coming up on one inclined drive 16 from the lowerfloor, as indicated by errow'Afmey pass in the direction of erroWsB, tothe inclined drivelfi et'the opposite eiid ofthe building, Where theymay move lip to llie next door, as indicated.

Un the opposite side, adjacent the left Well 28, a similar drive 32 isprovided for the use of cars coming down from the uppe floors, asindicated by the arrow a, these cars moving in'the direction of thearrow b to the front of the building, and then going dovvn doorways hythe arrow E. The car will pass to the rear cit the 'louilding and up theinclined driveway 16 to the second floor, leaving said drive in'thedirection indicated by arrow A. If the car is goin to e floor above, itwill follow the arrows to the rear of the building again, and then'upthe next inclined drlvevva. 16 and so on,'until it reaches its floor. fthe car is to park in one of the right-hand stalls 22 or 25, it Will,after enters ing the door as indicated by arrow A, turn into theed'acent driveway 24;, as indicated by arrow This...drivevvey 24 isreserved for the use of "those are entering or leaving the adjacentstalls. if the entering to the. adjacent descending wav 18.

car is to use one of the stalls on the left, it will follow the arrows Bto the opposite end of the building, and then turn to the left andenterthe left driveway 24. as indicated by the arrow D.

In leaving a building, the car coming from a floor above in thedirection indicated by arrow a will pass in the direction of arrows Z)to the front of the building, and down the next. inclined driveway 1,8.A car leaving the stalls on the left will pass from the driveway 24, asindicated by arrpw c car which is leaving the right-haiid stalls willleave the righthand driveway Ztas indicated by arrows (Z, move to theend of the building and then turn to the left and pass through thedriveway 32, as indicated by arrows b. \Vhenthey reach the main floor,they will leave from the left of the doorway 14, as indicated by arrow00, Fig. 1.

The stalls 36 are used for the purpose of saving space. It will benecessary that these stalls be open at both ends so that they ma y beentered from either end or vacated from either end. Thus, in the morninghours, when practically all cars are coming in, the driver may use thedriveway 82, to get into and out of his stall 36, because there will befew cars leaving through driveway 8:5 and tratlic will not be blocked.At times when most of the trafiic is through the drive 32,

on the way out of the building, he may use the drive 30 to leave andenter his stall.

From'the foregoing it is believed that a structure has been presentedwhich will solve the diiliculty of parking cars in business sectionsduring business hours. Not only are cars which are to be parked for aconsiderable length of time taken oil of the street, but the owner hasthe satisfaction of knowing that his car is in a safe place.

Some of the stalls may be in the form? of rooms, with locked doors, ifdesired, so that the owner Wlll be ali'orded greater protection. At thesame time, this afiords parking space on the streets for those Whodesire to park only for a few minutes.

It will be noted that in this manner the cars go up to their respectivestalls under their own power, and along set lines of travel, so thatthere is no. interference between cars moving in opposite directions. Atthe same time cars which are entering or leaving their stalls will notinterfere with cars which are passing directly through the respectivefloor to reach another floor. The users of the stalls may leave theirrespective floors by means of the elevators 34, and when coming fortheir cars may be carried to said floors l y said elevators.

I claim:

1. An automobile hotel comprising a pin rality of floors, a series ofinclined drives o n one side of the building connecting the floors forthe use of incoming cars, a separate series of inclined drives on theother side of the building connecting the floors. for the use ofoutgoing cars, the two series being duplicates, and all of the drives ofeach being inclined in the same direction, and drives provided on theseveral floors connecting the ends of the inclined drives of therespective series.

2. An automobile hotel comprising a plu rality of floors, a series ofinclined drives connecting the floors for the use of incoming iars, aseparate series of inclined drives con fleeting the floors for the useof outgoing cars, one series of drives being on one side of the buildingand the other series on the other side of the building, level maindrives on each floor extending from end to end and connecting theinclined drives of the respective series, the two series beingduplirates, and all of the drives of each being inclined in the samedirection, and series of stalls arranged adjacent said drives, saidstalls having ways adjacent thereto and separate from all of saiddrives.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LEONIDAS L. MOE.

